AFAICT It looks like it is a Linux specifc issue. A kernel / driver restriction. When playeraddr is used socket is bound to the specific address /interface whereas when no playeraddr is supplied then default is 0.0.0.0 INADDR_ANY. In Linux a socket bound to a specific interface does not receive Broadcast packet. The rationale is that if you have bound socket to a specific interface you don't want broadcasts.
This does not seem to be a Windows restriction and not sure about any other OS such as OSX. There are plenty of threads in various language about this but it doesn't look promising. e.g. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.lang.perl.misc/T_7TsEBGjSk One thread even mentioned no solution if a bridge is controlling an interface. Another thought using promiscuous mode might fix it but I don't think so. The simplest workaround would be for your players not to rely on broadcasts but to have the LMS IP address setup manually as if on a player is on a different LAN segment (e.g. Squeezelite -s parameter). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107783 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
